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Judge orders Cosby to stand trial for 2004 sexual assault case

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016
2:37:46 MDT PM

Bill Cosby arrives for a preliminary hearing on whether prosecutors have enough evidence to put him on trial on charges he drugged and sexually assaulted a woman over a decade ago, at the Montgomery County Courthouse, in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (James Robinson/PennLive.com via AP)

Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby will finally face the music as a judge ordered him to stand trial in the alleged sex assault of a Toronto woman in 2004.

More than 50 women have claimed the former Jello Pudding Pop shill sexually attacked them over the past five decades.

Cosby -- noticeably aged -- on Tuesday shuffled into court where he got the bad news -- but not before waving hello.

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said Judge Elizabeth McHugh decided there was enough to proceed to a trial, adding that Cosby's "admission to much of the crime" figured in her decision.

Cosby’s accuser is Andrea Constand -- a former employee of Temple University -- who now lives in Toronto.

Constand did not testify at the preliminary hearing, but prosecutors read a 2005 police report where she told detectives Cosby gave her pills that left her dizzy and caused her to panic.

"I told him, 'I can't even talk, Mr. Cosby,' I started to panic," she told cops. "Everything was blurry and dizzy. I felt nauseous.”

Montgomery County Police Det. Katherine Hart read from notes she took while interviewing Constand in January 2005. Constand was asking Cosby for career advice at his suburban Philadephia mansion.

The former I Spy star encouraged the young woman to drink some wine -- chased with some pills.

“I got scared,” Hart said quoting Constand. “I thought I was having bad reaction to something.”

She added: “My legs felt rubbery and like jelly. I was a little spacey. Everything was blurry and dizzy. I felt nauseous (and) couldn’t keep my eyes open. (I) had no thought to call 911.”

All she remembered was Cosby on top of her.

“I was aware that his hands were on my breasts,” Constand said, according to Hart. “His hands were in my pants.”

She continued: “I remember him taking my right hand and putting it on his penis. I was unable to move my body. I was pretty much frozen.”

Cosby has always claimed the sex was consensual.

He told cops: “I never intended to have sexual intercourse, like naked bodies, with Andrea. We stopped and then we talked.”

The fallen funnyman said he had three other “petting” encounters with Constand.